History 697LG - ST-US LGBT & Queer History

This course explores how queer individuals and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities have influenced the social, cultural, economic, and political landscape in United States history. Topics include sodomy charges, cross-dressing, industrialization, feminism, the construction of the homo/heterosexual binary, the "pansy" craze, the homophile, gay liberation, and gay rights movements, HIV/AIDS, immigration, and the on-going debate concerning same-sex marriage.

This class is open to students at either the Master's or Doctoral academic levels only This course meets concurrently with an undergraduate honors lecture on the same topic. In addition to writing a comprehensive historiographical essay, graduate students will do supplementary readings and submit three book reviews. Graduate students will also meet with the instructor several times throughout the semester to discuss their progress in the course.